Even though it’s a couple months old… better late than never. Here’s some of the best moments from Mayweather vs. Berto:
Real-time speed: http://gfycat.com/NervousInfatuatedAsp
Perfect distance control from Mayweather to avoid 3 jabs, and counter with his own on the backfoot while circling away from the ropes and away from Berto’s power hand (rear right).
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Floyd with some showmanship in the clinch popping his head out back and forth… gets his right hand up a little, creating enough space for him to explode into a 4-3 combo WHILE turning off the ropes and as Berto turns to face Floyd a left hook is there to meet him. Sublime. Berto’s body language looks like he was expecting a referee to come in for the clinch break.
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Alternate angle… after the first exchange. Two right hand feints gets Berto to react, and a left hook from Floyd. In this gif you can see how close the referee is to them, and is very close to breaking up the clinch before Floyd does it for him. If you are on desktop, I highly recommend utilizing Gfycat’s “slo-mo” function.
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Just moments before Floyd’s quad-body shot combo Berto landed his best punch of the fight that elicited a roar from the crowd… There’s no doubt in my mind Floyd realizes this may “look good” for Berto in the judges eyes and turns up the pace for a moment trying to win back points.
Jab to the face missed. Jab again, Berto thinks it’s going to the head, but it’s to the body. Another jab get’s Berto’s hands up and Floyd follows up with a right hook the body. Breaking out of his usual one-shot, pot-shot rhythm BROKEN RHYTHM… Floyd immediately raises his right hand after the right hook the body, getting Berto’s hands up again, and throws a jab, right hook the body. Beautiful, beautiful stuff.
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Longer sequence of the above body shot combo gif. More gorgeous stuff from Mayweather… Striking effectively while moving backwards, and pivoting while throwing his right uppercut, left, left combo to avoid being put on the ropes before launching into the body shots combo.
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Berto was getting frustrated (as per most of Floyd’s opponents) by round 9 and was winging his punches as you can see… Floyd is the definition of efficient… Calm as usual, just enough movement to avoid them, and even sneaking in a right uppercut. The key to a great defensive fighter is also the ability to counter back.
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Mayweather framing with his right hand, then sneaks the right uppercut, straight through the middle.
*49-0. Does anyone really believe he won’t be coming back for that 50?
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